Careers in IT

Neil Williams, CIO at the University of Derby and finalist in the CIO of the Year category of the 2012 UK IT Industry Awards, speaks to BCS about his career and what it takes to be a top CIO.

Susan Cooklin, CIO at Network Rail and winner of the CIO of the Year category of the 2012 UK IT Industry Awards, speaks to BCS about her career and what it takes to be a top CIO.

Phil Pavitt, CIO at HMRC and finalist in the CIO of the Year category of the 2012 UK IT Industry Awards, speaks to BCS about his career and what it takes to be a top CIO.

Lance Fisher, CIO at Sthree and finalist in the CIO of the Year category of the 2012 UK IT Industry Awards, speaks to BCS about his career and what it takes to be a top CIO.

James Fairhurst, CIO at Hastings Insurance and finalist in the CIO of the Year category of the 2012 UK IT Industry Awards, speaks to BCS about his career and what it takes to be a top CIO.

A case study on how Microsoft went about formally demonstrating professional credentials.

Steve Dennis, SQS Director, Training & Conferences Division, talks to BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT about the testing market, related job opportunities, the skills needed by testers and what the future holds for software quality assurance and testing training.

A case study on a first class professional development scheme acknowledged through accreditation.

A case study on how Colt aimed to raise IT employee satisfaction through clear career progression.

When the game development firm DR Studios’ Clive Robert and his colleagues worked for struggled to get staff with the right skills, they decided something needed to be done. They launched Train2Game, a blended learning college that offers courses to qualify games designers, games developers or games artists and animators. Henry Tucker spoke to Clive about the college.

Ali meets Phil Yates, who works as web programmer at Codegent, a web development and online marketing agency.

Ali meets Perry Price, Innovations Director are Dare, an interactive marketing agency that specialises in marketing for the digital world.

Ali meets Adam Carr, who is Systems Administrator at Jagex Games Studio, a world-leading developer of high-quality, browser-based games.

Ali meets James Proud, Teenpreneur and founder of GigLocator, a website that enables like-minded lovers of live music to find and keep up-to-date with gigs.

Ali meets Sophie Tatham, who is Senior Programmer at MX Telecom, a leader in the field of wireless technology, providing specialist wirelesss IT services to various corporate partners

Ali meets Talli Peled, Digital Lighting Director at Framestore, the largest visual effects and computer animation studio in Europe. She is one of the few female animators, with credits like the Golden Compass to her name.

Ali meets Chris Muktar, who is Entrepreneur at WikiJob, the UK's largest graduate jobs website.

For a fast-evolving global organisation like Unilever, change is a fact of life, and exploiting IT effectively is one of the company’s key weapons in the race for competitive advantage.

Stephanie Dedhar, Senior Instructional Designer at Saffron Interactive, was the first to win the newly introduced IITT Instructional Designer of the Year Award. In this interview, she explains what her job is all about and what is important when trying to engage the learner.

Over the last few years, IT security has become one of the top choices for IT professionals and those looking to move into IT. So what is the best way to become one of the much-envied chief information security officers (CISO) or join the league of sought-after hacker-combatants? Gary Flood investigates.

As someone who progressed from junior programmer to CIO over a 30-year IT career, Dave McKay believes that IT training must encompass business and leadership elements from an early stage. Here he explains why, from his own experience.

A case study on how to align IT and business, recognise skills, reward good performance and ensure structured career development for all employees.

A case study that shows how to inspire high performance through commitment to IT professionalism.